UConn-Georgetown Preview Capsule

Monday

Dec 29, 2008 at 12:01 AMDec 29, 2008 at 12:58 PM

A look at today's UConn-Georgetown men's basketball game.

MATT STOUT

(12) GEORGETOWN at (2) UCONN
7 p.m., today
XL Center, Hartford

Records: UConn 11-0; Georgetown 9-1.
Last game: UConn beat Fairfield, 75-55, on Friday; Georgetown beat FIU, 76-38, on Dec. 23.
Next game: UConn hosts Rutgers; Georgetown hosts Pittsburgh. Both games are Saturday.
TV/Radio: ESPN2/WTIC (1080 AM), WILI (1400 AM), WHUS (91.7 FM).
Series: Georgetown leads the all-time series, 31-27. The Hoyas have won the last two meetings, halting a streak of 11 straight UConn wins. UConn is 7-10 against Georgetown in Hartford.
Injuries: UConn—none reported. Georgetown—none reported.
Scouting report: This is the first meeting between UConn and Georgetown where both teams are ranked since the 1996 Big East Championship game, which UConn, then No. 3, won, 75-74, on Ray Allen’s now-famous running floater. Georgetown, led by Allen Iverson, was ranked No. 4 at the time, its highest ranking ever in a game against the Huskies. … Of those expected to be in attendance tonight: 30 NBA scouts, two European scouts and three from scouting services. In total, UConn will distribute at least 169 credentials, UConn spokesman Kyle Muncy said. … Jim Calhoun isn’t concerned with getting Stanley Robinson back in the starting lineup. “I’d like to see him get better,” Calhoun said. “It’s just a matter of reps, playing, shooting, etc. I’d like to see him get better, that’s the biggest thing. We need him to get better.” Robinson, who will play his fourth game with UConn today, likened the process of having to “crawl before I can walk,” but he didn’t dismiss the desire of at some point getting back into the starting five. “I’m going to be a role player and do whatever I can for this team,” he said. “I just got back in, but sometimes I think he wants me to go in there and play (my game), which I want to do. But I just got out here and I don’t want to rush it too bad. It’s going to come soon where you’re going to see me back in action like I used to be.” … The Huskies are 15-14 all-time in Big East openers, 13-9 under Calhoun. … This is the first true road game this season for the Hoyas, who are ranked No. 9 in the USA Today/ESPN coaches’ poll. UConn is 6-0 at home thus far this year, 4-0 at the XL Center. Georgetown hasn’t played in Hartford since Jan. 14, 2006. … Calhoun can tie Lefty Driesell (786 career victories) for seventh all-time among Division-I coaches today.